* 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French educational reformer and Catholic saint ( d. 1719 )

* 1604 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese 3rd shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty ( d. 1651 )

* 1573 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria ( d. 1651 )

The oldest undisputed evidence of the use of astrology as an integrated system of knowledge is therefore attributed to the records of the first dynasty of Mesopotamia ( 1950 – 1651 BCE ).

The English Civil War ( 1642 – 1651 ) provoked a number of examples of this genre, including works by Sir Edmund Ludlow and Sir John Reresby.

* 1702 – Jean Bart, French admiral ( b. 1651 )

* 1651 – Joseph Vaz, Indian priest, Apostle of Ceylon ( d. 1711 )

* 1651 – Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer ( b. 1603 )

* 1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint ( b. 1651 )

Cuyp ( 1594 – 1651 / 52 ), he is especially known for his large views of the Dutch countryside in early morning or late afternoon light.

His father, Étienne Pascal ( 1588 – 1651 ), who also had an interest in science and mathematics, was a local judge and member of the " Noblesse de Robe ".

The Apothecary or The Chemist by Gabriël Metsu ( c. 1651 – 67 )

The English Civil War ( 1642 – 1651 ) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ( Roundheads ) and Royalists ( Cavaliers ).

* 1694 – Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Russian noble ( b. 1651 )

** the Regency of Anne of Austria and her minister Cardinal Mazarin, 1643 – 1651

* 1651 – The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.

* 1604 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet ( d. 1651 )

* 1651 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian composer and organist ( d. 1711 )

* 1711 – Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon ( b. 1651 )

* 1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician ( d. 1694 )

The second half of the century saw no composers equal in stature, but in the early 17th century Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger ( c. 1580 – 1651 ) and Alessandro Piccinini ( 1566 – 1638 ) revolutionized the instrument's technique and Kapsberger, possibly, influenced the keyboard music of Frescobaldi.

The French Baroque school is exemplified by composers such as Ennemond Gaultier ( 1575 – 1651 ), Denis Gaultier ( 1597 / 1603 – 1672 ), François Dufaut ( before 1604 – before 1672 ) and many others.

* 1722 – André Dacier, French scholar ( b. 1651 )

* September 18 – André Dacier, French classical scholar ( b. 1651 )

André Dacier ( 6 April 1651 – 18 September 1722 ), Latin Andreas Dacerius, was a French classical scholar and editor of texts.

* Among the compilations given the title of martyrologies are the Martyrologium Gallicanum of André du Saussay ( Paris, 1637 ), the Catalogus Sanctorum Italiæ of Philip Ferrari ( Milan, 1613 ), the Martyrologium Hispanum of Tamayo ( Lyon, 1651 – 1659 ) ( consulted with caution ).

But Pierre Du Moulin ( Molinæus ) ( since 1621 professor of the rival theological school of Sedan ), Friedrich Spanheim ( 1600 – 1649, Professor in Leiden ), André Rivet ( 1572 – 1651, Professor in Leiden ), and the theologians of Geneva opposed it, as a departure from the orthodox faith and a compromise between Calvinism and Arminianism.

It was first mentioned in the fourth century BC by Apicius ( André ( ed ), 1987 ), and recipes for stock preparation appear in classic texts ( La Varenne, 1651 ; Menon, 1756 ; Carême & Plumerey, 1981 ) and most French culinary books.

* September 18-André Dacier, French scholar ( born 1651 )

In 1651, John French published The Art of Distillation the first major English compendium of practice, though it has been claimed that much of it derives from Braunschweig's work.

First printed in Amsterdam in 1650 it was translated to French in 1651, German in 1676, English and Dutch in 1729 and Polish in 1963.

* November 27 – Pierre Dupuy, French scholar ( d. 1651 )

* May 2 – Étienne Pascal, French mathematician ( d. 1651 )

* April 7 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer ( b. 1651 )

* April 27 – Jean Bart, French admiral ( b. 1651 )

* October 12 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit ( d. 1651 )

Alexandre de Rhodes, a French Jesuit priest, improved on earlier work by Portuguese missionaries and developed the Vietnamese romanized alphabet Quốc Ngữ in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanam et Latinum in 1651.

In the early historical period of the island, the 16th century, French explorers found members of the Neutral Nation of Native Americans, also known as the Attawandaron, living on the island ; by 1651, the nearby Seneca Nation had chased off or killed the Neutrals, having also absorbed some of the survivors.

* Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay ( 1651 – 1690 ), called Seignelay, French politician, son of Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Philip responded to the perceived weakness of France during the Fronde rebellions of 1648 by continuing the fight ; he took personal responsibility for the decision to start a fresh, and ultimately successful, offensive against the French in Catalonia in 1651.

François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon ( 6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715 ), was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer.

Modernist republicanism openly influenced the foundation of republics during the Dutch Revolt ( 1568 – 1609 ), English Civil War ( 1642 – 1651 ), American Revolution ( 1775 – 1783 ), and the French Revolution ( 1789 – 1799 ).

A fur trading post was established on the site from 1651 – 1659, but Île Royale languished under French rule as attention was focused on the St. Lawrence River / Great Lakes colony of Canada ( which then comprised parts of what is now Quebec, Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois ), Louisiana ( which encompassed the current Mississippi Valley states and part of Texas ), and the small agricultural settlements of mainland Acadia.

He was appointed in 1651 lieutenant-general in the French army, and commander of the forces in Flanders.

There Chambonnières, who was the most prominent French harpsichordist of his time and musician to the King, introduced the young musician to the Court ; Couperin's talents met with appreciation ; by 1651 Couperin was already living in the city.